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Mariajo Uribe

Colombian professional golfer


Colombian professional golfer

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nameMaríajo Uribe
fullnameMaría José Uribe Durán
birth_date
birth_placeGirón, Colombia
death_date
height
nationality
residenceBucaramanga, Colombia
collegeUCLA
(1.5 years)
yearpro2009
tourLPGA Tour (joined 2010)
extourLadies European Tour (joined 2010)
Futures Tour (2009)
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lpgawins
letwins1
jlpgawins
klpgawins
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alpgwins1
futwins
otherwins1
majorwins
nabiscoT32: 2013
lpgaT30: 2012
wusopenT10: 2008
wbritopenT22: 2013
evianT10: 2014
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(1.5 years) Futures Tour (2009) |Pan American Games|2|1|0 |CAC Games|1|0|0 |South American Games|0|1|0 |Bolivarian Games|3|0|1 |}} María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating Amanda Blumenherst 1 up. She is the only player from Latin America to have won this championship. Uribe tied for tenth and low amateur at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open and won the 2008 Mexican International Amateur. She played college golf at UCLA, and was an All-American First Team selection in 2008 and 2009.

Professional career

Uribe left UCLA in the spring of 2009 to return to her native Colombia. Prior to the 2009 U.S. Women's Open, Uribe ended her amateur status and competed in the tournament as a professional.

Uribe joined the Futures Tour in July 2009 and competed in the ING New England Golf Classic, finishing in a tie for 15th place. At the end of the year she qualified for both LPGA and LET membership for 2010 on her first attempt.

On 29 May 2011, Uribe won the HSBC Brazil Cup, an unofficial LPGA event, defeating Lindsey Wright by one stroke.

Uribe won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and the silver medal at the 2014 South American Games. Uribe won the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Uribe retired following the 2024 season.

Amateur wins

  • 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur
  • 2008 Mexican International Amateur

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victoryRunner-up
131 Mar 2024Women's NSW Open^67-65-70=202−141 strokeENG Bronte Law

^Co-sanctioned with the WPGA Tour of Australasia

Other wins (1)

  • 2011 HSBC Brazil Cup (unofficial LPGA Tour event)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron ChampionshipT58T47T32T34T64T65CUTCUTT61
U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT10LAT48T55T17T30CUTCUTCUTCUT
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT67CUTT30T53CUTCUTT64CUTCUTT48CUT
The Evian Championship ^T67T10T38CUTCUTT59T55
Women's British OpenT75T69CUTT22CUTCUTCUTT50T67CUT

LA = low amateur

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts madeTotals0000244927
Chevron Championship00000097
U.S. Women's Open000012115
Women's PGA Championship000000125
The Evian Championship00001175
Women's British Open000001105
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
playedCuts
madeWins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finishEarnings
($)Money
list rankScoring
averageScoring
rank
2006100000MCn/a76.00n/a
2007100000MCn/a76.00n/a
2008430001T10n/a73.50n/a
2009330001T838,3811n/a72.91n/a
201015100001T7101,0137073.0878
20111460000T2934,30010373.87102
201219140001T7196,3606072.0335
201324160001T8197,8396272.8084
201426180003T9385,3134371.6941
2015272000133333,9935672.0861
201627170003T4291,2516372.3280
201722110000T11110,2969872.35116
201825150002T7207,1317772.36106
201918100000T11141,3349372.00100
2020310000T457,73815773.50n/a
2021310000T772,72518774.00n/a
2022910000T286,6681910.00n/a
20231670000T2765,02314772.72136
2024300000MC0n/a74.67n/a

1 Uribe played the first of her three events in 2009 as an amateur.

Official through the 2024 season

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Colombia): 2006, 2008

References

References

  1. (17 December 2007). "María José Uribe Durán, el golf es su pasión". Crónica Viva.
  2. (8 July 2009). "María José Uribe debutará como profesional en el US Open de golf; Carolina Llano también estará". El Tiempo.
  3. (November 25, 2024). "Marina Alex retires after more than decade on LPGA Tour". ESPN.
  4. Yahoo Sports, [https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/lpga/players/Mariajo+Uribe/8642/log?season=2006 Mariajo Uribe 2006 Tournament Log] Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  5. Yahoo Sports, [https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/lpga/players/Mariajo+Uribe/8642/log?season=2007 Mariajo Uribe 2007 Tournament Log] Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  6. Yahoo Sports, [https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/lpga/players/Mariajo+Uribe/8642/log?season=2008 Mariajo Uribe 2008 Tournament Log] Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  7. Yahoo Sports, [https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/lpga/players/Mariajo+Uribe/8642/log?season=2009 Mariajo Uribe 2009 Tournament Log] Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  8. "Mariajo Uribe – Results". LPGA.
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